Charlize Theron made headlines on Monday when she was spotted sporting a shaved head for her role in "Mad Max: Fury Road." The blond Oscar-winner might have been trying to hide the look under a fedora, but it was clear that her locks had been handed their pink slip.

The haircut might have come as a surprise to fans of the "Snow White and the Huntsman" star, but she certainly teased it in a recent discussion about the flick. "It's been three years: It's time to skin this cat already!" Theron said last month during a roundtable interview. "I'm very excited about it."

However, Theron is hardly the first Hollywood starlet to shear off her hair for a big-screen role. She joins an A-list filled list of other leading ladies who have also "skinned the cat."

Sigourney Weaver and Robin Tunney

Weaver not only kicks ass and takes names as the iconic Ripley in "Alien 3," but she also sports a super short hairdo. Ripley certainly didn't need hair to hold her back as she battled alien creatures in the 1992 film. Three years later, Tunney donned the look for her troubled character in the classic teen flick, "Empire Records," starting the hair-trimming trend of the '90s.

Demi Moore

Moore went Navy chic in "G.I. Jane," lopping off her famous hair to tackle her physically challenging role in the 1997 film. "We were involved and we realized the importance of the event happening — that sign of commitment. ... I was ready for it. So, I feel actually more just liberated by the time we got there," she said of filming the famous scene in which her character, Jordan O'Neill, chops it all off.

Cate Blanchett

In 2002, Blanchett cut her hair off playing a vigilante out for justice in "Heaven." "I think you've just got to embrace it," she later said of the look. "You have to be prepared to shed your natural vanity, and if the part requires it, shed parts of yourself that perhaps make you feel more secure."

Ellen Page and Natalie Portman

Page joined a cult and lost her hair in the 2005 flick "Mouth to Mouth," which she made right before her star-making turn in "Juno." That same year, Natalie Portman chopped her hair off for "V for Vendetta." In an interview shortly after filming, she opened up about filming the scene. "It was a one-shot deal," she told USA Today, "and that was the most stressful thing about the experience."

Cynthia Nixon

Nixon went fully bald for her recent role in "Wit" on Broadway. "I thought it was kind of gonna be no muss-no fuss, but I have to shave it every day!" Nixon said of the up-keep for the role. "It's got kind of a five o'clock shadow, and you don't want to go on with that," she said. "I was always kind of curious to see what it would be like. I like it; I don't think I'm gonna keep it forever."

Anne Hathaway

Recently, Hathaway caught everyone's attention when she sported a super-short pixie cut for her role in the latest big-screen adaptation of "Les Miserables." The look is consistent with her role in the film, where she plays Fantine, an ill-fated prostitute who chops off her hair to buy food for her child, Cosette.

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